Our undergraduate and graduate students are asked to review an Apple application in either Math or Literacy. Below is the assignment used. Through this process, we want our pre-service teachers to become informed users of technology and have both the comfort level and usability of technology in their future classrooms. We want them to be able to recognize high quality apps and find ways to use them to make meaningful connections to the curriculum.
The guiding questions and rating checklist used in the assignment:
The guiding questions and rating checklist used in the assignment:
A great source of information for this assignment comes from:
http://wasdipadproject.wikispaces.com/App+Review+Rubric
Here are two samples from students completing the Apple App Review: